This is one of the finest traditional war epics ever filmed, with a first-rate cast, nail-biting action and a thunderous musical score to round out the perfect war movie.
The story is a familiar one, told with blunt honesty and refusing to take a ...read the complete Zulu movie review at Sgt. Slaughter Goes to War (Ben Cressy)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Epic in scope and studded with powerful performances, "Zulu" is the classic movie of 100 British soldiers standing up against an onslaught of 4,000 Zulu warriors. While impressive to watch, the budget for the film was small as you'll find out form the ...read the complete Zulu movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
WITH so much racial tension and anticolonial discord in the world, a film on the order of "Zulu" seems strangely archaic and indiscreet.
Not that its vivid re-enactment of a bloody and senseless clash between a company of British soldiers and an ...read the complete Zulu movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Time Out (--)
A film which comes with two heavy strikes against it: it was made during the '60s boom for epic adventures in exotic climes (which now look like a breed of cinematic dinosaur), and it recounts one of those heroic tales of the thin red line holding out ...read the complete Zulu movie review at Time Out (--)